ArtisticallyChill

At left: R2-D2 Wireless Webcam

At right: R2-D2 Digital Audio and Video Projector

Click the above image for a sexy product video! Now if you excuse me, I must go change my pants because of the nerdgasm I just had. LOL

~ LoneWolf

I was rather twitter-happy today. Not because it was Friday, but because I was using this sweet new desktop app for tweeting called Twhirl.

What is twhirl?

twhirl is a desktop twitter client, based on the Adobe AIR platform.

Some of twhirl’s features:
• runs on both Windows (2000/XP/Vista) and Mac OSX
• connects to multiple Twitter accounts
• notifications on new tweets
• shorten long URLs (using snurl or is.gd)
• cross-post updates to Pownce and Jaiku
• post images to TwitPic
• search tweets (using TweetScan or terraminds)
• timeline filtering
• localized to English, German, Italian and Spanish
• color schemes
• automatically check for new versions

There are a lot more things twhirl can do to improve your twitter experience, and it offers various configuration options to adapt to your personal needs.

I no longer have to refresh my Twitter page, or have it using up a tab in FFOX. Twhirl auto-updates and there’s a notification sound you can turn on or off. I may have to turn it OFF so that I don’t get annoyed with the constant update of some of my friends’ Xbox LIVE alerts. I also don’t have to jump back and forth from TinyURL since Twhirl’s built in URL shortener works just as good. There are a plethora of color schemes too in case you don’t like the default one (pictured above). I found the slick “Black Magic” color scheme goes well with my current desktop theme!

Thanks to Warren Ellis for leading me to this awesome desktop app. I follow him on twitter like a closet fanboy and noticed the “via twhirl” tag on his last tweet and clicked on it. See old people are still good for something! LOL j/k Warren, don’t kill me.

~ LoneWolf

Serena’s new toy that she purchased with her tax return came in today. It’s the Wacom Intuos3 Special Edition 9 x 12 tablet.

Intuos3 Special Edition – Overview
Here at Wacom, we’re excited to be celebrating our 25th anniversary. It wouldn’t be possible without the support of our many customers over the years, and we want to say thank you in a special way. So, for a limited time, we’re launching a very exciting product at a very special price.

The Intuos3 Special Edition:

* Comes in a sophisticated, handsome black and gun metal gray color (versus metallic or satin gray)
* Includes an Intuos3 Classic Pen, in addition to the Intuos3 Grip Pen
* Includes an alternate transparent overlay
* Includes a Professional Accessory Kit that includes: 5 Standard nibs, 5 Felt nibs, 5 Stroke nibs, 5 Flex nibs, an alternate Pen Grip (without side switch holes), a nib removal tool and a replacement side switch.

With a cool new look and valuable accessories, the Intuos3 SE promises to bring the work of digital content creation to a new level of enjoyment for the serious designer, photographer, and artist. Turn on the full power of Adobe Photoshop, Corel Painter, and over 100 other leading software applications.

Intuos pen tablets use Wacom’s professional pen technology to give you the natural feel and superior performance of our patented, cordless and battery-free technology. Intuos3 tablets run on both PCs and Macs. ~ Wacom

This piece of tech is the sexiest piece of tech not bought by me! LOL Originally I was using Froogle to search for the cheapest Wacom Intuos3 9 x 12 tablet since it was being sold at full price on Wacom’s site. However, when Jason pointed out the Special Edition and I saw that the price was a pretty good one for all the extra goodies you get, I showed it to Serena. She caved in and decided to buy it.

Thanks to Jason for being our enabler, yet again. LOL

~ LoneWolf